The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-07

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preparations we were MAKING When
he got ready 70 % he probably swan
% the shorc with his news. but he could
have reported little more than the fact
that he hal drugg-l onr coffee. which
all who were awake N midnight would
probably make use II. When the men
had received their orders We paid our
attention % the junk. and one u the
guns was quietly ruled across the deck
and trained upon her. When the night
glass was directed 10 the shore We
could make out that many u the
natives were moving about and evil
IDENTIFY getting ready for some expcdi-
ton. There Was no question now but
what we were 10 be attacked. We had
a good pressure q steam. plenty Of hot
water. and the hose was attached and
a man assigned 70 take charge Of il.
II was an hour and half after mid
night before there was any decided
move on the part 81 the enemy. The
captain Of the junk could not have had
a night glass. and perhaps he reasoned
that we were a badly or He kept
paying out his cable foot BY foot until
he was 80 close on n that could have
tossed biscuit aboard II him. Owing
70 the set Of the tide or 10 some cross
current. he dropped down 10 Us stern
first. while We lay broad<idc to the
beach. The stern Of the Junk was
pointed amid>hips II the steamer. and
our gun would rake his whole deck AZ
every discharge. At one o'clock two
men left her in small boat and went
ashore. and then forty or fifty armed
men came out Of the hold and took
their stations on deck. A few had
muSkets. but most II them carried
knives and sort ~ hand granada.
These bombs are filled with villain
Gus compound which j. let loose as
they are broken. and the fumes are
more to Be dreaded than bullet
Their plan. as we solved il. was for an
attack on both sides Of US AT once. A
fleet would come out on Us from the
shore and the junk would drift down
upon us At the same time We had the
cable ready TO slip. sent the engineerto
his post and then waited
AT about half-past one. while the tide
had yet half an hour to run. we saw the
shore boats make ready. AT least 200
natives were resdy TO come Of. They
knew that the cook had drugycd or
poisoned our coffee. and therefore sent
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what shape we WERE The boat came
up very softly and rowed twice around
Us before the captain hailed and let
them know we were wide awake Some
sort Of signal was given from the boat
and the fight opened AZ once just the
moment We saw the people on the junk
getting ready 10 drift her down upon
Us we gave them the grape from the
Six-pounder. They were not pi~tol-shot
away. with most II the men crowded
aft. and l verify believe that the one
discharge killed or wounded twenty
men, was 1T that gun with two 9TH
| crs. and man armed with . carbine
was near Us He fired six or seven
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